Windies duo fined

West Indies paceman Kemar Roach and captain Floyd Reifer have been found guilty of breaching the International Cricket Council's Code of Conduct following their team's three-wicket defeat to Bangladesh.

The verdict stemmed from Roach being ordered out of the Windies attack in the 43rd over of the Tigers innings when he bowled a second 'beamer' of the match.

Roach had already been officially warned by umpire Billy Doctrove for bowling a similar delivery in the 29th over, and was fined 10 per cent of his match wage after being found guilty of a level-one offence.

Reifer was also reprimanded, in his role as captain, for failing to stop the incident from occurring.

ICC match referee Roshan Mahanama headed a hearing after the game in Dominica, and explained his sanctions, saying: "In the case of Kemar Roach I took into account the fact it was his first offence but, at the same time, I felt it was important to emphasise that this type of conduct is completely unacceptable and by fining the player I believe I have done so.

"Part of the role of the captain, as highlighted in both the Laws of Cricket and the ICC Code of Conduct, is to make sure that incidents such as this do not take place but Reifer failed in that role and, again, I made it clear to him that was unacceptable, hence the official reprimand that now appears on his record."

It was a bad day for Reifer who, in addition to his reprimand and seeing his side concede the series after going 2-0 down, was also fined 10 per cent of his wage for a slow over-rate.

West Indies were one over short of their target in the allotted time, and under the ICC regulations the rest of the team were also fined five per cent of their match wage.